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Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1973), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984), Casualties of War (1989), Carlito's Way (1993), and Femme Fatale (2002).
Birth Name
Brian Russell De Palma
Born
Wednesday, 11 September 1940
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy | Self - Filmmaker | 2023 |
| Ennio | Self | 2022 |
| Movies Are My Life | Self | 2021 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Self - Director / Self | 2017 |
| De Palma | Himself / Self | 2016 |
| Ebert Presents: At the Movies | Self | 2010 |
| The Black Dahlia | Screen Test Director (voice) / Elizabeth's Screen Test Director | 2006 |
| Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' | Self / Himself | 2006 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy | Self - Filmmaker | 2023 |
| Ennio | Self | 2022 |
| Movies Are My Life | Self | 2021 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Self - Director / Self | 2017 |
| De Palma | Himself / Self | 2016 |
| Ebert Presents: At the Movies | Self | 2010 |
| The Black Dahlia | Screen Test Director (voice) / Elizabeth's Screen Test Director | 2006 |
| Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' | Self / Himself | 2006 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| The Making of 'Carlito's Way' | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| Femme Fatale: An Appreciation | Self - Writer / Director / Self | 2003 |
| Who Is Alan Smithee? | Self | 2002 |
| The Life of Brian | Self | 2002 |
| Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius | Self | 1999 |
| Ennio Morricone | Himself / Self | 1995 |
| Rotwang muß weg! | 1994 | |
| The Scorsese Machine | Self | 1994 |
| Talking Pictures | Self | 1988 |
| Scarface | Man Reflected in a Mirror in Babylon Club | 1983 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - audience member | 1975 |
| Greetings | Man in front of draft office smoking / Man smoking in front of draft office | 1968 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Domino | 2019 |
| Lights Out | 2017 |
| Passion | 2012 |
| Redacted | 2007 |
| The Black Dahlia | 2006 |
| Femme Fatale | 2002 |
| Mission to Mars | 2000 |
| Snake Eyes | 1998 |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 |
| Carlito's Way | 1993 |
| Raising Cain | 1992 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | 1990 |
| Casualties of War | 1989 |
| Bruce Springsteen: Video Anthology 1978-1988 | 1989 |
| The Untouchables | 1987 |
| Wise Guys | 1986 |
| Body Double | 1984 |
| Scarface | 1983 |
| Blow Out | 1981 |
| Dressed to Kill | 1980 |
| Home Movies | 1980 |
| The Fury | 1978 |
| Carrie | 1976 |
| Obsession | 1976 |
| Phantom of the Paradise | 1974 |
| Sisters | 1972 |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit | 1972 |
| Hi, Mom! | 1970 |
| Dionysus in '69 | 1970 |
| The Wedding Party | 1969 |
| Greetings | 1968 |
| Murder à la Mod | 1968 |
| The Responsive Eye | 1965 |
| Woton's Wake | 1962 |
| Icarus | 1960 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Snake Eyes | 1998 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | 1990 |
| Body Double | 1984 |
| Home Movies | 1980 |
| Carrie | 1976 |
| The Wedding Party | 1969 |
